Funeral Details

Yolanda Saul, nee Merdinger, age 89, beloved wife of the late Dr. Richard Saul. Loving mother of Eric (Kelly) Saul, Jason (Nina) Saul and the late Bradley (Debbie) Saul. Proud grandmother of Gabi, Griffen, Bennan, Alexa, Zachary, Jonah, Max, and Isadore.

Yolanda Saul was a pioneer in the field of outsider and self-taught art in the 1980s and 1990s. She was the founder and proprietor of Yolanda Gallery in Chicago, and later founded the Chicago Center for Self-Taught Art on the 9th floor of Marshall Fields on State Street.

Yolanda curated exhibits on naïve, folk and outsider art at museums throughout the world, including in France, South Korea and China. She was a lifelong patron of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (where she could always be found in box “G”), the Lyric Opera, the Arts Club of Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago. Services are private. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals - Skokie Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com.